Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Mandalay Estate
Show	2020
Class	WA16A
Entry Number	WA16A#3
Brand	Mandalay Estate
Wine Name	Durif
Vintage	2019
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	CD

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	nice colour, good dark fruits and some exotic spices, palate is full and rounded with savoury acidity adn the sweetest of fruits , gd
Judge 2	Saturation and intensity - this has big tannins, big fruit and big presence. Lots going on. Moderate length.
Judge 3	bigger for a light red, dark cooking spices and tarry fruits, thick colour, with a little bit of oak there? nice shiney oak.
Associate Judge	attractive purple colour. dark berry flavour together with some oak spice. a medium body wine together with good structure and tannins that lingers in the finish palate. quite round with some intensity of fruit flavour and not overly spiced or oaky in the palate. well balanced.
Associate Judge	Deep red. Dark dark fruits, forest fruits. Rich, alc, big (class?) xmas cake, plum.

Varietal: Durif, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method	Conventional

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Old Wood 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	60
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Peter Stanlake